Tesla owner forced to pay $14,000 in repairs after car ground to a halt one day after buying it
The owner terrifyingly lost control of steering the vehicle
A Tesla owner forced to pay $14,000 in repairs after his car ground to a halt one day after buying it.
When you buy a new vehicle, you expect that you’ll get at least a few thousands miles on it before you start to encounter any problems.
But unfortunately, this wasn’t the case for one unlucky Tesla owner.
Jain, who is from Cambridge, England, bought his Tesla Model Y back in 2023.
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But he only managed to drive 115 miles in it before the electric car started to exhibit some notable problems.
It was just one day after Jain was ‘over the moon’ to get his hands on the Tesla that it came to a ‘grinding halt’.
Even more worryingly, the dangerous issue occured while his wife and young daughter were in the vehicle with him.
Jain recalled how, without warning, he lost control of steering the car.
Speaking to Reuters, he said: “They were absolutely petrified. If we were on a 70 mile per hour highway, and this would have happened, that would have been catastrophic.”
Jain went on to learn that his Model Y’s front right suspension had collapsed, and so much so that parts of the car were loudly scraping along the road.
The car needed 40 hours worth of labor to fix the issue, as the suspension had to be completely rebuilt and the steering column needed replacing, amongst other things.
Jain ended up having to fork out an eye-watering $14,000 to pay for this – which Tesla reportedly refused to pay for.
The Elon Musk-owned car manufacturer blamed the accident on 'prior' suspension damage.
LADbible Group has approached Tesla for comment on the matter.
It’s typically Tesla’s infamous Cybertruck that people have had the most issues with; the quality of its build being one of the biggest.
People have also been having problems with the futuristic-looking truck over the winter months.
One person discovered that their headlights were covered with snow because they are placed behind a ledge on the truck.
The Cybertruck owner had to remove the snow from the ledge in question so that the lights would be obvious.
The owner said: “I can't believe Tesla just didn’t think about this when they put this giant shelf in front of the lights, but if they did, it’s honestly an awful design.”
Not exactly ideal if you were in a rush to get to work one snowy morning...